| The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman | |
|---|---|
 Toronto International Film Festival poster for the film | |
| Directed by | Wuershan (乌尔善) |
| Screenplay by | Zhang Jiajia Tang Que Ma Luoshan Wuershan Tang Xiru |
| Story by | An Changhe |
| Produced by | Daniel Yu Tang Xiru (唐郗汝) |
| Starring | Kitty Zhang Masanobu Andō You Benchang Liu Xiaoye Ashton Xu |
| Cinematography | Michal Tywoniuk |
| Edited by | Huang Zhe |
Production company | First Cuts Pictures |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates | |
| Countries | China Hong Kong United States |
| Language | Mandarin |
The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman (simplified Chinese: 刀见笑; traditional Chinese: 刀見笑; pinyin: Dāo Jiàn Xiào) is a 2010 action comedy film directed by WuErShan (乌尔善), produced by Tang XiRu's (唐郗汝) First Cuts Features. The film is made up of three inter-twining stories. The first about a butcher who takes revenge on a swordsman for humiliation, the second is about a chef who has his apprentice makes an eight-course meal for the powerful Eunuch Liu. The final story is about a warrior with a powerful sword melted from other champion swords, but the sword does not work as expected during combat.
The film was a feature debut of director Wuershan. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival where it received a mixed critical reception.